Iron: First Recorded Use of Weapons

If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?